TY  - JOUR
A1  - Bârsan, Victor
A1  - Merticariu, Andrei
T1  - Goethe's theory of colors between the ancient philosophy, middle ages occultism and modern science
T2  - Cogent arts & humanities
N2  - Goethe’s rejection of Newton’s theory of colors is an interesting example of the vulnerability of the human mind—however brilliant it might be—to fanaticism. After an analysis of Goethe’s persistent fascination with magic and occultism, of his education, existential experiences, influences, and idiosyncrasies, the authors propose an original interpretation of his anti-Newtonian position. The relevance of Goethe’s Farbenlehre to physics and physiology, from the perspective of modern science, is discussed in detail.
KW  - ancient philosophy
KW  - greek–roman classicism
KW  - middle ages science
KW  - newtonian science
KW  - occultism
KW  - pantheism
KW  - optics
KW  - theory of colors
KW  - primordial phenomenon (urphaenomen)
Y1  - 2016
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/40333
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-403330
SN  - 2331-1983
N1  - © 2016 The Author(s). This open access article is distributed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license.
VL  - 3
IS  - 1
SP  - 1
EP  - 29
PB  - Taylor & Francis
CY  - London
ER  -